I'm having trouble getting a straight answer out of the internet, including the official SSA pages, on this question:
Woman (we'll call her Lady Monkeymom) was married to a man (we'll call him Sir Monkeydad) and they both worked and paid into Social Security. They both reached old age and both retired and started taking Social Security benefits. Then Sir Monkeydad died. The question is this:
Does Lady Monkeymom get EITHER her own SS payout OR the widow's slice of Sir Monkeydad's SS payout, or does she get her own PLUS the widow's slice of his?
She got two SEPARATE letters from the SSA. One says she'll get her own benefit, which is $XXX.XX monthly. The other says "as widow of Sir Monkeydad you will receive $YYYY.YY monthly". Is she going to get one of those two amounts, or is she going to get XXX.XX + YYYY.YY?
All the internet research I've done doesn't answer the question because everybody insists on diving into the no-doubt fascinating question of whether the couple claimed their benefits early or at full retirement age, which is not the question I'm asking.
Anybody know the answer? I'm guessing at least one person reading this site has to be an American with a mother in this same situation.
Woman (we'll call her Lady Monkeymom) was married to a man (we'll call him Sir Monkeydad) and they both worked and paid into Social Security. They both reached old age and both retired and started taking Social Security benefits. Then Sir Monkeydad died. The question is this:
Does Lady Monkeymom get EITHER her own SS payout OR the widow's slice of Sir Monkeydad's SS payout, or does she get her own PLUS the widow's slice of his?
She got two SEPARATE letters from the SSA. One says she'll get her own benefit, which is $XXX.XX monthly. The other says "as widow of Sir Monkeydad you will receive $YYYY.YY monthly". Is she going to get one of those two amounts, or is she going to get XXX.XX + YYYY.YY?
All the internet research I've done doesn't answer the question because everybody insists on diving into the no-doubt fascinating question of whether the couple claimed their benefits early or at full retirement age, which is not the question I'm asking.
Anybody know the answer? I'm guessing at least one person reading this site has to be an American with a mother in this same situation.
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